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Crosby brings Cup to his hometown

The Lowell Sun

Updated:
07/16/2016 09:36:08 AM EDT

Sidney Crosby picked up the Stanley Cup at the Halifax, Nova Scotia airport and made a surprise visit to his hometown Tim Hortons.

"We heard this big explosion of applause and heard someone say, 'Sidney,"' said Paul MacFarlane, operations manager for the coffee shop in Cole Harbour. "We came up to the front and saw Sidney Crosby walk through with the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy. I had never seen it before, it was awesome."

The coffee shop, visited frequently by Crosby as a kid, is on Forest Hills Parkway, which will be shut down Saturday to allow the Pittsburgh Penguins captain to parade the Cup.

Each player of the Cup-winning team gets brief custody of it. As team captain, Crosby is permitted to have the trophy an extra day and said he wanted to share it with as many people as he could.

BASEBALL

Rodriguez will start today

Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez has been recalled by the Red Sox from Triple-A Pawtucket and is expected to start against the New York Yankees on Saturday. The 23-year-old Rodriguez is 1-3 with an 8.59 ERA in six starts with the Red Sox this season...

A cut from a broken souvenir beer mug has landed Texas Rangers reliever Jake Diekman on the 15-day disabled list. Diekman hurt his left index finger while reaching into his luggage for a beer mug he bought at the bar Cheers in Boston. The mug had broken in his bag, and a piece of glass pierced his finger.

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GOLF

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Lydia Ko shot a 5-under 66 in windy conditions for a share of the Marathon Classic lead with Hyo Joo Kim. The top-ranked Ko, the 2014 tournament winner, had six birdies and one bogey to match Kim at 8-under 134.

GENERAL

Miller signs $114M deal

Von Miller has signed a blockbuster $114.5 million contract with the Denver Broncos that includes $70 million in guarantees and makes him the highest-paid nonquarterback in NFL history. The Super Bowl MVP accepted the six-year offer two hours before Friday's deadline...

Running back Karlos Williams of the Buffalo Bills has been suspended for the first four games of the regular season for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy...

Jeff Gordon is ready to pull his firesuit out of storage and come off the bench. Gordon, the four-time NASCAR champion, could make his retirement a brief one and go for his sixth win at the Brickyard next weekend in Indianapolis if Dale Earnhardt Jr. is not cleared to return from concussion symptoms...

Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn has signed an eight-year, $76 million contract extension.

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